Lockdown diaries
The period indoors has given time to contemplate on quite a few aspects of life
Most important item of concern being dealing with proper diet and food rest and yoga for keeping myself sane, fit ,happy, positive and smiling through the time.
Three weeks are over and I am happy to have safely moved through this period with little hassles.
The family has bonded truly in planning and executing the preparation and serving of breakfast lunch and dinner.
Two members of the family follow the two meal routine of one between 9 am and 10 am and second meal between 5:30 pm to 6:00 Pm daily.This is also referred to as intermittent fasting
We the seniors in the group of four in the family have followed the three meal routine.
The breakfast is usually between 8:45 and 9:15 am
We take sooji or rava upma with some bits of veg beans carrots and coriander leaves with curry leaves . Sooji is substituted with Poha or beaten rice and rice. Rice is served with lemon and sauted with some bits of peanuts dal and potatoes in tiny steamed bits.
Fruit bits of watermelon musk melon apples ,papayas and bananas (robusta and nendran) . One day we enjoyed the pazham pori the Kerala hit dish dipping the ripe nendran cut banana in coconut oil with dal rice mix paste.
Dinner is light with red rice kanji or white rice kanji ,plain rice with dal or sambar with ocra. Rotis are added some days with ocra Sabji or carrots with potatoes.
The daily health meal with a good dose or meditation Sadhana comprising yoga meditation and sudarshan Kriya of the art of living added positivity to life daily .
Two meditations with a mix of some online music or talk of keeping one happy and anxiety free has made our family life stress free and happy .
It has also kept the family free from the fears of sickness .
The big basket has contributed to our vegetable supplies with regular slots for contact less deliveries. New site clickoncare delivered sanitizer and gloves in two days on the door. Sri Sri Tattva also supplied toiletries toothpaste and grains at the door step . Their delivery was also good.
All in all the lockdown 1.0 appeared to have ended soon when the family celebrated the solar new year vishu and my daughter’s birthday all celebrated with good food and Amul ice cream cake of value. The cake had layers of strawberry chocolate and ice cream topping of super taste . The cake was eve cheat part of the diet in this three weeks.
Happy looking forward to the completion of the next lockdown2.0 with our area declared as red zone . So stricter watch on any movement by the police.
Bless the doctors and nurses with kind policemen who have worked to keep Karnataka in the better managed list of states .
Pray for happier days
Muralidharan R Nair Bangalore
Day-1 of lockdown 2.0 or 22 nd day
15:04:2020
WOW !!! thats so much in detail. Happy reading and happy to know you all are happy inspite of Lockdown. Its nice to see you pen down in detail. Surely Lockdown 2 will go by faster than expected. 100% all our lives have improved, minds off tension, healthier, and many more .... what more to ask for from our Dear Gurudev guiding us thru'.
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